Oar coupling



' (No Model.)

Y F. H. RUDD GAR, COUPLING.

No. 289,782. Patented Dec. 4, 1883.

UNITED STAT P TENT Orr cn.

FREDERICK H. RUDD, OF HEBRON, NEBRASKA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,782, dated December4, 1883. Application filed October 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIOKH. RUDD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Hebron, in the county of Thayer and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOar-Couplers and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same,

ling-pin will be supported above the drawhead, thus providing a meanswhereby, when cars come together, the link will be guided into the mouthof the draw-head and the pin re leased automatically; and to this end myin-.

vention consists in the combination and construction of the parts, aswill be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 isa perspective view, showing a draw-head set for the reception of thecoupling-link, the pin and linkguide in one View being dropped andlocated within and under the draw-head. Fig. 2 is a view showing one ofthe draw-heads in sections and the side view of an adjacent drawhead. 7

A represents the draw-head, which may be of ordinary constructionotherwise than herein set forth. To the front portion of this drawheadand to the sides of the same is pivoted thelink-guide B, which isslightly curved at its central portion, and is provided with side arms,by means of which it is secured to the draw-head. These side arms areformed from the same plate which forms the link-guide, and, being bentat right angles with the plate, serve as braces for the same. The sidearms of this link-guide are indicated by'the letter b.

\ "Near the under or rear side of the link-guide is provided a'lOOP, 0,for the reception of the rod 0. The rear portion of this draw-head isprovided with a longitudinal slot, D, as shown, near the upper portionof which is pivoted the curved weightedbar E, and at a suitablepointbelow the draw-head the rod O is attached to the same. The constructionand combination of these parts, as shown, is such that the weighted barE, when hanging at a nearly vertical position, will hold the link guideB, through the means of the connecting-rod C, in an inclined position infront of the draw-head.

Within the draw-head is secured, by means of a pin, f, which passesthrough the longitudinal slot in the draw-head, the pin-supporting barF, which is of such a length as to extend from the front end of the barE forward of the openings for the reception of the coupling-pin.

The end of the weighted bar E is pivoted above the sliding bar F, andthe front edge of the weighted bar bears against the rear end of thesliding bar. Thus, whenthe weighted barhangs in substantially a verticalposition, the sliding bar will be thrown forward beyond the opening inthe draw-head for the. coupling-pin, and when the cars are uncoupled thecoupling-pin may rest upon'the same. The pivoted rod (1 'may be slightlycurved rearwardly, so that the weight will exert a pressure toward thefront end of the draw-head.

Having thus described the construction of my invention, its operationwill be as follows: In order that the cars may couple themselvesautomatically to each other, the parts of my invention will assume theposition shown in sections in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, thecoupling-pin being placed upon the sliding barF. When a coupling-link,secured within the draw-head of a car to which it is desired to couplethe same, moves toward the draw-head,the link will be guided by thelinkguide B into the opening in the draw-head, and, striking against thesliding bar F, will move the same rearwardly, thus allowing the pin tofall, and at the same time pushing the bar rearwardly, which bar carrieswith it the link-guide, which will then be held under the draw-head. s

Having thus described my invention in a manner to be readily understoodby those skilled in the art, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a car-coupling, the draw-head, A, pro- "ided with a slot-tedpin-supporting bar, F, and a weighted bar, E, pivoted in rear of thesame and connected to a link-guide by a rod the parts being combinedsubstantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a car-coupling the combination of the link-guide B, the weightedbar E, curved rearwardly, and the connecting-rod O, substantially asshown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a car-coupling, the sliding pin-supporting bar F, secured withinthe draw-head v eeoflse

